The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal on the issues of service connection for right rotator cuff tendinopathy, cervical spine osteoarthritis, thoracolumbar spine osteoarthritis, and left and right leg cramps.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's authorized representative requested withdrawal of these appeals prior to their decision being made.
- Claimed conditions
- right rotator cuff tendinopathy, cervical spine osteoarthritis, thoracolumbar spine osteoarthritis, right leg cramps, left leg cramps
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2013
- Citation
- 1329731
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to his active service, including exposure to contaminants at Camp Lejeune or diabetes mellitus.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disability, finding that the evidence did not support an in-service injury or disease and that there was no chronicity of symptoms during service. The Veteran's current condition is not related to his service-connected left shoulder disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, back disability, hand/finger disability, broken left leg, left leg cramps, left leg nerve disability, left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss disability, psychiatric disability, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension, to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right and left leg cramps, hemorrhoids, and erectile disorder, as the evidence did not support a higher rating than the currently assigned noncompensable or 10 percent ratings.
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